For Christmas, can we have a bigger box so Reggie can ride, too?Love, Brett and Lydia
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
thankful
Not your typical thanksgiving post, top ten baby gear items I'm thankful for:
2. The Amby Bed. Only used for Lydia, but was a life-saver. Thank you, Shannon!
4. Booster seats. We have 2, Reggie asked Santa for one for Christmas.
5. Our triple stroller. Although cumbersome, it enables me to get out and about with the three kiddos.
Happy Thanksgiving!
1. My Ultimate Baby Wrap. All three babies have loved it, great for bonding, great for going about your life with a high-needs baby and a toddler, extremely comfortable!
2. The Amby Bed. Only used for Lydia, but was a life-saver. Thank you, Shannon!3. Cloth diapers. I crunched some numbers, and we are currently saving $19 a week, or $80 a month, or nearly $1000 this year by using cloth diapers (does not take in to account initial investment, but does take into account cost of laundering).
4. Booster seats. We have 2, Reggie asked Santa for one for Christmas.5. Our triple stroller. Although cumbersome, it enables me to get out and about with the three kiddos. 6. Bibs with "pea catchers".
7. Sippie cups. What did they ever do before sippie cups?
8. Receiving blankets also used as burp clothes also used as changing pads. Bet I could even use one as a diaper if I needed to!
9. SwaddleMe blankets. Another life-saver with Lydia.
10. Tied for 10th is the bouncy seat and the bumbo seat. Basically serving the same purpose, baby graduates from one to the other.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Saturday, November 14, 2009
but what can I do?
So, there are 143,000,000 orphans in the world. What can I do about it?
10 Ways YOU Can Care for Orphans
(This list was taken directly from the Hope for Orphans website. I figured they wouldn't mind...)
1. PRAY for them.
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. -Matthew 7:7-8
2. SUPPORT those who support them.
…and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds... -Hebrews 10:24
3. PROVIDE for their needs.
If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food…and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? -James 2:15-16
4. SPEAK up for them.
Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all the unfortunate. Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the rights of the afflicted and needy. -Proverbs 31:8-9
5. PROTECT them from harm.
The Lord protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, but He thwarts the way of the wicked. –Psalm 146:9
6. VISIT them where they are.
Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of God is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. -James 1:27 "
7. GIVE sacrificially to them.
Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. -2 Corinthians 9:7
8. ENCOURAGE them to press on.
We urge you brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone. –1 Thessalonians 5:14
9. ADOPT them into your family.
A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God is His holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families… -Psalm: 68:5-6a
10. MOBILIZE your church for them.
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you. -Matthew 28:18-20
10 Ways YOU Can Care for Orphans
(This list was taken directly from the Hope for Orphans website. I figured they wouldn't mind...)
1. PRAY for them.
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. -Matthew 7:7-8
2. SUPPORT those who support them.
…and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds... -Hebrews 10:24
3. PROVIDE for their needs.
If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food…and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? -James 2:15-16
4. SPEAK up for them.
Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all the unfortunate. Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the rights of the afflicted and needy. -Proverbs 31:8-9
5. PROTECT them from harm.
The Lord protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, but He thwarts the way of the wicked. –Psalm 146:9
6. VISIT them where they are.
Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of God is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. -James 1:27 "
7. GIVE sacrificially to them.
Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. -2 Corinthians 9:7
8. ENCOURAGE them to press on.
We urge you brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone. –1 Thessalonians 5:14
9. ADOPT them into your family.
A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God is His holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families… -Psalm: 68:5-6a
10. MOBILIZE your church for them.
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you. -Matthew 28:18-20
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